I messed up the four counter sunk rivets in the middle of the HS-710 and 714 spar. I was riveting just fine, then forgot that I needed countersunk in those two holes. Fortunately, I just had two rivets to remove. Cleaned up that mess and tried again with the correct ones now.
This time all 4 of them bent over! I was using the rivet gun on the shop side, while holding the buck bar on the countersunk side. What the heck am I doing wrong? All 4 were messed up so I had to remove them all. Now I've spent the last hour reading builder sites to see if anyone has the same problem. No.
Here is what they look like -
And the other side:
The holes did get very slightly bigger during removal, but I think they will fill in once I mash the rivet down again. As long as I don't mess up again and have to remove them on e more time. So any adivce on these things? I'm only about 25 rivets into this project and have already removed about 6, my good rivet ratio sucks so far! I do have a pnuematic squeezer also, but not sure if it fits nicely around that flange. I'll have to test fit that.
The 4-6 rivet seems to be the correct lenght according to the gauge too.
Any ideas for a RV7 riveting newb?
Thanks.
Tom![Confused :confused: :confused:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
This time all 4 of them bent over! I was using the rivet gun on the shop side, while holding the buck bar on the countersunk side. What the heck am I doing wrong? All 4 were messed up so I had to remove them all. Now I've spent the last hour reading builder sites to see if anyone has the same problem. No.
Here is what they look like -
![1000115_10201063313921657_1016546969_n.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net%2Fhphotos-ak-ash4%2F1000115_10201063313921657_1016546969_n.jpg&hash=1750fb90e176a36fa3a7e03bce071c92)
And the other side:
![66740_10201063314081661_1324515629_n.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net%2Fhphotos-ak-prn1%2F66740_10201063314081661_1324515629_n.jpg&hash=aef15fd0f41de3994453ba2ebe1ae160)
The holes did get very slightly bigger during removal, but I think they will fill in once I mash the rivet down again. As long as I don't mess up again and have to remove them on e more time. So any adivce on these things? I'm only about 25 rivets into this project and have already removed about 6, my good rivet ratio sucks so far! I do have a pnuematic squeezer also, but not sure if it fits nicely around that flange. I'll have to test fit that.
The 4-6 rivet seems to be the correct lenght according to the gauge too.
Any ideas for a RV7 riveting newb?
Thanks.
Tom